Curtain-fixture.



P. DRINKAUS, SE CURTAIN FIXTURE. APPLICATION FILED I'BB.8,1-909.

929,923. Patented Aug. 3, 1909.

WITNESSES; IN VEN TOR f P D 5 SR 7n M 2 HILLIPP RINKAZI ATTORNEYS.

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PHILLIPP DRINKAUS, SR,

OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

CURTAIN-FIXTURE To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, Piiinnire DRlNKAUS, 512, a citizen of the UnitedStates of America, residing at Detroit, in the county of lVayne ud Stateof Michigan, have invented ceispective of fixture embodying features ofthe invention. 1g. is a view in detail T bracket thereof. 3 is a similarview in detail, ot a modification ot the racket suitable for a middlesupport. Fig.

t is a view of a separate rod guide plate. tit'errmo; to the drawings,1, 2 indicate brackets or wood. meal, or the like, adapted to be securedon each side of a window casing. The b. ickets have correspondingconcave upper faces 3 at the bottom of which are a pair of downwardlyextending grooves r and 5, the inner one 4 of which terminates above theouter one both forming guides and sockets for an inner rod (3 and outerrod respectively the concave faces 3 being so lisposcd that the rods,when placed on them roll down and drop into the gains. The latterpreferably run into one opening having the width of a single gain, asshown in Fig. or they may be disposed in parallel relation as indicatedin Fig. 3. In both instances the inner rod grooves t terminate above theouter rod groove 5 so that a horizontal row of buttons 8 or the like onthe inner face of each bracket extends in from the lower ends of theouter groove beneath the inner groove, allo ving a curtain or drape onthe outer rod to be turned in and hooked thereon beneath the inner rod,without conflicting with a curtain on the latter. l A. cornice front orshield 5'1 is detachably secured at the ends in gains 10 in the bracketsi l so to conceal the rods 6 and 7, ornamental caps or heads 11 beingafterward inserted in suitable dowel pin holes 12 or the ends 13 ot theshield may be extended through trans- I verse slots in the brackets asin Fig. 3 to j Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed February 8,

Patented Aug. 3, 1909.

1909. Serial NO. 476,635.

make a suitable finish. The latter form of bracket is also available foruse in the center of a double window across which it is desired to carrya single cornice. in such c0nstruction the rod grooves or gains l and 5are either extended entirely through the bod of the bracket or else apair is formed on each of the bracket sides to accommodate the rods ofeach window. Instead of formin the groove, gains or guides in the bodyot the brackets, they may be made as indicated in Fig. 4 in suitableribs 1% on a plate 15 which is attached to the side of the bracket.

3y this construction a. suitable combined lambrequin and curtain holderand cornice obtained which may be readily taken down or remountedwithout the use of tools, and which is ornamental and easily made. lurthermore, the inner rod being used for the inner curtain and the outerrod being in tended :tor the lambrequin, drop curtain or outer draperyto slip over, there is no need of buttons or hooks on the cornice frontor shield, and this enables the lambrequin or drop curtain to be placedon the rod and the latter then raised up into place.

Obviously, changes in the details of construction may be made withoutdeparting from the spirit of the invention and I do not care to limitmyself to any particular form or arrangement of parts.

hat I claim as my invention is 1. A curtain fixture comprising bracketshaving concave upper guide surfaces terminating in gains extendingpartly down the inner faces of the brackets, a horizontal row of curtainsupporters extending from the lower end of each outer gain below theinner gain, rods removably seated in the said gains, a horizontal row ofcurtain supporters in the inner tace of each bracket and a front shielddetachably interlocking at its ends with the brackets.

2. A curtain fixture comprising brackets having recesses in the outerends and having concave upper guide surfaces terminating in gainsextending partly down the inner faces of the brackets, a horizontal rowof curtain supporters extending from the lower end of each outer gainbelow the inner gain, rods removably seated in the said gains, and a.front shield removably secured at its ends in the recesses in thebrackets.

3. A curtain fixture comprising brackets adapted to be secured to awindow casing,

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the proximate faces of the bracket having gains extending from theirupper edges partially across the faces toward the lower edges, and theupper faces having concave guide surfaces from whose lowest points thegains open, a horizontal row of curtain supporters extending from thelower end of each outer gain below the inner gain, rods detachablyseated in the gains, and a shield strip removably secured at its ends tothe brackets in front of the rods.

i. A curtain fixture comprising brackets having recesses in their outerends and adapted to be secured to a window casing, the proximate facesof the bracket having gains extending from their upper edges partiallyacross the faces toward the lower edges, and the upper faces havingconcave guide surfaces from whose lowest points the gains open, ahorizontal row of curtain supporters extending from the lower end ofeach outer gain below the inner gain, rods 'detachably seated in thegains, and a shield strip whose ends are removably seated in therecesses in the brackets in front of the rods.

5. A curtain fixture comprising brackets having upper concave surfaceswith a pair of gains extending down the inner faces of the brackets fromthe lowest partof the con cave surfaces, the inner gains terminatingabove the outer gains, a horizontal row of curtain supporters extendingfrom the lower end. of each outer gain below the inner gain, rodsremovably seated in the said gains, and a front shield detachablyinterlocking at its ends with the brackets.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

PHILLIPP DBINKAUS, Sn. lVitnesses OTTO F. BARTHEL, C. R. STIOKNEY.

